Egg-beater.



L. E. WALKER.

EGG HEATER.

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Patented Jam. 23, i917.

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un mw UNITE@ STATE PATENT LENA E. WALKER, OF FAYETTE, IOWA.

EGG-BEATER.

Application led January 29, 1915.

To ZZ whom t may concern.'

le it known that I, LENA E. WALKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fayette, in the county of Fayette and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg-Beaters, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in kitchen utensils,and more particularly to an egg beater.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter which is simple and inexpensive in construction yet ofsuliicient strength to do its work properly.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of thischaracter so constructed that it will readily break an egg when beating.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of meanswhereby the beater may be either reciprocated or rotated.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the noveldetails of construction and arrangement of parts which will be moreclearly understood from the following description and drawings, inwhich,

Figure l is a view in side elevation, and F ig. 2 is an end view.

In the drawings, the numeral l indicates a wire having the handle 2secured to one end and the opposite end is bent to form a vertical coil3 having spaces between the strands and said coil having a plurality ofprojections or barbs 4 thereon. A ball is formed on the outer strand ofthe coil, as indicated at 5, and the purpose of which will be presentlydescribed.

From the above detail description it will be seen that I have providedan egg beater Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23. ldt'.

Serial No. 5,097.

which is very simple in construction but which will readily beat theeggs. By providing the projections or barbs 4 the whites of the eggswill be easily broken and mixed with the yolks. It will further be seenthat by grasping the handle the beater may be used by reciprocating oroscillating the coil through the eggs, or, if desired, the ball 5 may beplaced upon the bottom of the receptacle in which the egg is beingbeaten and by grasping the handle 2 between the palms of the hand andrubbing the same the beater will be rotated.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is zl. A beater of the character describedcomprising a rod having one end portion forming a handle extension andhaving the remaining portion coiled to provide a beating head extendingupon opposite sides 0f the handle extension, that portion of the rodforming the beating head having side prongs and being providedintermediate its length with an enlargement forming a pivot pointpositioned beneath the handle when the beater is used in an uprightposition.

2. A beater of the character described comprising a rod having one endportion bent to provide a beating head having a handle extendingtherefrom, the bent portion of the rod being provided intermediate itslength with an enlargement forming a pivot point positioned beneath thehandle when the beater is used in an upright position.

In testimony whereof I aliiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LENA E. WALKER.

Witnesses:

0. W. STEvENsoN, C. R. CARPENTER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Patente, Washington, D. G.

